Overview

• Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma invited Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma to Guwahati on June 2 to address hill-cutting in the Jorabat border area.
• The Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee issued notices to both state governments regarding large-scale hill-cutting in Meghalaya.
• Officials link Guwahati’s flash floods to sustained heavy rainfall and increased runoff from degraded hills in Jorabat.
• As a precaution, Assam authorities cut power to 900,000 households and shut down 100 transformers across Guwahati.
• Schools in Kamrup and Kamrup (Metro) districts remain closed and traffic is being diverted as the India Meteorological Department forecasts continued rain.